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Posts Tagged ‘Bad People’

Under the Darkened Moon Critiques (Both Good And Bad)

September 28, 2012 Mathias Leave a comment

I encourage people to say what they really think whenever they are reading my work in progress (Under the Darkened Moon). I haven’t had it in a formal review setting since I started the live read and final draft process. But, prior to that, I got a lot of feedback from a variety of sources including: my standard review group, writer friends of mine (published and unpublished), and people who I know and who like to read fantasy.

I’m not someone who isn’t willing to let people, whether they liked the book or not, have their say. Here is a sampling of the good and the bad that I got as feedback: Read more…

Categories: General Things, Good Stuff, Review Groups, The Writing Process Tags: Bad People, Darkened Moon, Dialogue, Elves, Emotions, Epic Fantasy, Feedback, Final Draft, Genre, Limited, Love Story, Motivation, Opposites, Point Of View, Prose, Sampling, Story Flow, Work In Progress, World Description, Writer Friends

Why It Is Ok To Dislike A Movie But Not A Book

June 20, 2012 Mathias Leave a comment

Ever notice that you can say a bad movie was a bad movie, but you cannot even call a mediocre book mediocre? If you’ve ever posted an opinion online about such things, you certainly have!

It is a weird quirk of the universe I suppose. Talk about how the recent remake of Conan was poor or how John Carter just didn’t do it for you, and you can get a lot of nods of agreement. People might disagree with you, but they don’t get violently angry about it and start calling you names.

But dare to not rate The Hunger Games (the book not the movie) as anything less than five stars or talk about what you found fault with another novel you recently invested time in, not saying you hated it, jus that you didn’t “love” it, and people jump down your throat. Read more…

Categories: Book Reviews, General Things Tags: Bad People, Blob, Books Books, Conan, Decisions, Five Stars, Games, Hollywood, Hunger, John Carter, Labor Of Love, Literary Agent, Manuscript, Mediocre Book, Nods, Novel, Quirk, Red Ink, Special Effects, Universe

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